LDAP/AD Authentication

 Top  Previous  Next

To enable LDAP/AD authentication

1.Select Administration in the main menu of the Control Center.

2.Select Authentication in the control menu.

3.In the opened window, select LDAP/AD authentication section.

4.Set the Use LDAP/AD authentication flag.

5.Click Save.

6.Restart the Server to apply changes.

You can configure authentication using LDAP protocol at any LDAP server. Also you can use this mechanism to configure the Server under UNIX system-based OS for authentication in Active Directory on a domain controller.

For the convenience of a user, the section provides the ability to switch between simplified or extended versions of authentication settings via LDAP/AD.

info

Settings of LDAP/AD authentication are stored in the auth-ldap-rfc4515.conf configuration file.

Configuration files with typical settings are also provided: auth-ldap-rfc4515-check-group.conf, auth-ldap-rfc4515-check-group-novar.conf, auth-ldap-rfc4515-simple-login.conf.

General xml attributes are described in the Appendices document, in the Appendix C3 section.